Condominium charging: finally a guide!
Paradoxically, it is in urban areas, for the inhabitants of buildings, that electric charging is the most difficult today. A newly published guide presents in great detail the different...
26/12/2021
Paradoxically, it is in urban areas, for the inhabitants of buildings, that electric charging is the most difficult today. A guide that has just been published presents in great detail the different stages leading to the deployment of terminals in collective car parks.
Barring a miracle, the objective of 100,000 charging stations deployed in France by the end of 2021 will not be achieved. According to the last tally carried out at the beginning of May by Avere France, there were 33,363 charging points open to the public, a figure which reflects an increase of only 7% compared to February 2021.
However, over the first five months of the year, electric and plug-in hybrid cars represented nearly 15% of registrations on the new market, compared to 9% over the same period in 2020. The growth is there, and with it increased electron distribution requirements.
Admittedly, home charging remains the keystone of the system. According to an Enedis/BVA study published at the start of the year, 9 out of 10 electric car owners prefer home connection for their electric vehicle. In fact, 88% of respondents said they never or only very rarely use public charging stations.
But we are talking here above all about people who live in individual houses, therefore generally in peri-urban areas or in the countryside. However, the paradox of electric mobility is that it is in town that it is the most difficult to apply, because of the difficulties of charging.
The question of charging in condominiums is therefore of crucial importance. The famous "right to take" has so far come up against a discouraging complexity, where legal obstacles and the reluctance of co-owners to undertake work that does not necessarily concern them (or not yet) are mixed.
The good news is that the public authorities have decided to accelerate the movement, in particular with the establishment of a mechanism to finance the work by involving only the users of the charging infrastructures.
Things are changing, and it is in this context that Avere France is publishing a guide (free of course, and to be found as an attachment to this article) to charging in condominiums, intended for the inhabitants of buildings and all actors likely to be involved in the installation of terminals, first and foremost the trustees.
They will find the answers to the most frequent problems there. From the identification of needs to the choice of service providers through the panorama of aid likely to be paid depending on the case, all the stages of the process are detailed in a precise manner, which is not a luxury. Indeed, up to 14 months can now elapse between the first expressions of interest from one (or more) co-owner(s) and the commissioning of a first charging station.